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TomH in PA · Feb 1, 2011

Along with old tractors a hobby of mine is taking pictures with old cameras. I took this picture last weekend, camera (Graflex 22) is from the early fifties.

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GordoSD · Feb 1, 2011

INCREDIBLE. You had to be in the F16 range.

Bill in Colo · Feb 1, 2011

What size film? I learned on a 2 1/4 X 3 1/4.
Have not used my darkroom in 20 years.

TomH in PA · Feb 1, 2011

This one is a 2 1/4 square Twin Lens Reflex. Kind of an interesting history behind the camera; was originally made by a company in Ohio called Ciro-Flex, they sold out to Graflex and production was moved to Rochester, NY circa 1952.

Picture was taken on Tri-X film because it seems right for the older cameras. The triplet lenses often have a sweet spot when they're only closed a couple of stops, this was at F8.

noncompos · Feb 1, 2011

Haven"t done much camera work in years... seems like I used to use triple-x to shoot indoors with available light (never did like flash much, too stark, etc). It was a lot of fun, experimenting with different brands of film to see the differences, see which film was best for different conditions, effects, settings (only did 35mm work).
Beautiful picture; I"ve long missed black and white---you could get pix/effects that color just couldn"t match.

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